{"id":3715,"date":"2025-02-03T17:49:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T17:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/usaid-to-be-merged-into-state-department-3-u-s-officials-say\/"},"modified":"2025-02-03T17:49:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T17:49:02","slug":"usaid-to-be-merged-into-state-department-3-u-s-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/usaid-to-be-merged-into-state-department-3-u-s-officials-say\/","title":{"rendered":"USAID to be merged into State Department, 3 U.S. officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/musk-says-administration-is-on-verge-of-shutting-usaid\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">USAID<\/a><\/span>, the United States Agency for International Development, will be merged into the State Department with significant cuts in the workforce, but it will remain a humanitarian aid entity, three U.S. officials told CBS News.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Officials in President Trump&#8217;s administration are expected to announce the moves in the coming days. Discussions about the extent of the funding reductions remained fluid on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump made Secretary of State Marco Rubio the acting administrator of USAID, sources said, and Rubio himself soon confirmed it to reporters traveling with him in El Salvador. <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/live-updates\/trump-second-term-live-updates\/?id=118389757\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ABC News<\/a> earlier reported his status as chief. Rubio said he has designated his acting authority to handle day-to-day responsibilities to someone else, although he didn&#8217;t say whom.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>USAID oversees humanitarian, development and security programs in about 120 countries around the world. According to the nonpartisan <a href=\"https:\/\/crsreports.congress.gov\/product\/pdf\/IF\/IF10261\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Congressional Research Service<\/a>, USAID &#8220;provides assistance to strategically important countries and countries in conflict; leads U.S. efforts to alleviate poverty, disease, and humanitarian need; and assists U.S. commercial interests by supporting developing countries&#8217; economic growth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Foreign aid overall, of which USAID is one part, accounts for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/resources-and-reports-office-of-foreign-assistance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">less than 1%<\/a> of the federal budget.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio told reporters that U.S. tax dollars need to further U.S. national interests, and &#8220;USAID has a history of sort of ignoring that and deciding that they&#8217;re somehow a global charity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump said Sunday the agency was &#8220;run by a bunch of radical lunatics. And we&#8217;re getting them out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>USAID headquarters was closed on Monday because of a security incident, sources said, but the incident stemmed from efforts over the weekend by personnel from the Elon Musk-run Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE, to access USAID systems.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sources told CBS News it was related to the USAID chief of staff, Matt Hopson, a recent Trump appointee, who attempted to block DOGE officials from getting access to USAID systems. <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/usaid-dramatic-changes-security-officials-on-leave\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Two top security officials<\/a><\/span> were fired Monday for attempting to block access to DOGE, according to multiple sources. 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